Written by

Mark Emmert
| memmert@dmreg.com

Thursday was the second time Drake athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb has hired a men's basketball coach, but she said she doesn't necessarily see her reputation being at stake when it comes to how Ray Giacoletti fares.

"It's about Drake University. It's not about me or what I'm doing, and that's why these decisions are painstaking," Hatfield Clubb said after announcing that the former Gonzaga assistant was replacing Mark Phelps.

"There's a lot of responsibility when people are calling and saying, 'Do this and do that, and don't hire this person.' I finally called one of our donors back ...